I can't believe I dropped more money on chatbots since I stacked Quriobot and ActiveChat already which are both awesome. But chatbots are so valuable for capturing leads and sales that I know I’m not wasting money if I use them right.

For those of you wondering the difference in these 3 chatbots that were recently on AS, they are focusing on different features early in their product, maybe someday they will share more of the same features, but for now it's like this...

Quriobot started as a website bot first, now they released Messenger bot, and WhatsApp bot and live chat are next in the roadmap. Quriobot is solid <3 <3 <3 and it's amazing that they will have all 4 of those platforms in their app soon.

ActiveChat started as a Messenger bot first and is releasing their website bot soon I think. ActiveChat has focused on e-commerce integrations like WooCommerce to help differentiate themselves. Both Quriobot and ActiveChat are powerful and flexible with many options, and I'm a big fan of both these apps.

So how does Continually stand out? I’ll focus on my 4 favorite Continually features.

RICH LEAD PROFILING

Continually's standout feature in my opinion is the rich lead profiling. Basically this means Continually can keep track of bot interactions and then you can customize your bot messages based on their behavior, including repeat visits from users. Advanced marketers know that personalization is the key to marketing and it’s why Drift has become so popular despite charging $500/month. I’ve been looking for a Drift replacement and Continually is the closest replacement to Drift in this sense as Quriobot and ActiveChat don't have this level of rich profiling.

SYNC WITH MAILCHIMP AND DRIP

While you can achieve basic integration with ESPs in Quriobot and ActiveChat, such as creating contacts after a user enters their email address, Continually has a more native and powerful integration such as being able to identify your Drip subscribers before they share even any personal information in the bot! Continually can also add tags and custom fields for your contacts in Mailchimp and Drip based on their chat behavior. Email marketing is all about segmentation so this level of integration is a difference maker.

CALENDAR SYNC

Getting a meeting scheduled is probably the best chatbot conversion you can hope for besides a direct e-commerce purchase. Continually has an automatic calendar scheduling feature that syncs with your Google or Office365 calendar. I prefer this over a custom scheduling system because Google and Office365 calendars are so flexible you can make the availability just how you want it.

SLACK LIVE CHAT

If you have Slack open all day anyways, the idea of managing live chat on your website becomes much more feasible. This is a niiiiice feature!

I like what I see so far from the minds at Continually and stacked x5 without hesitation.